Fan Xiaojun (; born 1956) is a

general A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...

of the Chinese

People's Liberation Army Air Force The People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF; ), also known as the Chinese Air Force (中国空军) or the People's Air Force (人民空军), is an aerial service branch of the People's Liberation Army, the regular armed forces of the Peo ...

(PLAAF). He had been Political Commissar of the

Northern Theater Command The Northern Theater Command (is) one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region and Beijing Military Region. Its headquarters is in the Heping Dis ...

since April 2017, and formerly served as Director of the Political Department of the PLAAF.

Biography

Fan Xiaojun was born in 1956 in Danyang,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its c ...

. He spent his early career in the

Chengdu Military Region The Chengdu Military Region was one of seven military districts and is located in the southwest of the People's Republic of China, covering Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and the Xizang/Tibet Autonomous Region. It includes some of the area ...

and the PLA General Political Department before transferring to the PLAAF. From 2005, Fan served in the Political Department of the

Beijing Military Region The Beijing Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. From the mid 1980s to 2017, it had administration of all military affairs within Beijing city, Tianjin city, Hebei province, Shanxi province, ...

Air Force and the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In Ma ...

Air Force. In 2009, he became Political Commissar of the PLAAF's

15th Airborne Corps The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps () is an airborne corps under direct command of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). It was reorganized and renamed from the 15th Airborne Corps in May 2017 and now comprises s ...

, China's only corps-level airborne force. In the summer of 2014, he succeeded Lt. Gen.

Yu Zhongfu Yu Zhongfu (; born July 1956) is a general of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) of China. Having served in the PLAAF for more than 40 years, he was appointed Political Commissar of the PLAAF in July 2015. He was replaced by genera ...

as Political Commissar of the

Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region was a PLA Military Region located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also formed military districts. It appears that Yang Dezhi was one of the first commande ...

Air Force, and concurrently Deputy Political Commissar of the Jinan MR. A year later, he replaced Lt. Gen. as Director of the Political Department of the PLAAF, and was promoted to the rank of

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. In April 2017, he was appointed Political Commissar of the

, succeeding Gen. Chu Yimin to become the first military-region level political commander from the Air Force. In October 2017, he was elected as a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Xiaojun 1956 births Living people People from Danyang People's Liberation Army generals from Jiangsu People's Liberation Army Air Force generals Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party